Pre-steps for release : 6.6.9.Final

Author: Hibernate-CI

Diff for: changelog.txt

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 Note: Please refer to JIRA to learn more about each issue.
 
+Changes in 6.6.9.Final (February 23, 2025)
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+https://hibernate.atlassian.net/projects/HHH/versions/32614
+
+** Bug
+    * [HHH-19173] - PostgreSQLLegacySqlAstTranslator does not implement visitInArrayPredicates
+    * [HHH-19169] - Entity hierarchy (and included embeddables) with inconsistent bytecode enhancement is unsupported, but isn't detected
+    * [HHH-19168] - Re-enhancement of entities with different configuration may skip some enhancements
+    * [HHH-19116] - Error when using fk() function on left joined many-to-one association and is null predicate
+    * [HHH-19110] - Flush operation fails with "UnsupportedOperationException: compare() not implemented for EntityType"
+    * [HHH-17151] - NPE when binding null parameter in native query with explicit TemporalType
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+
 Changes in 6.6.8.Final (February 16, 2025)
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Diff for: gradle/version.properties

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-hibernateVersion=6.6.9-SNAPSHOT
+hibernateVersion=6.6.9.Final